Whoops

» Written on December 11, 2007 at 3:37 AM «

Ok, so maybe getting accepted into somewhere like DigiPen isn’t going to be as easy as I thought it was going to be.

Well, maybe I should rephrase that a little. I didn’t think an institution focused on teaching skills focused mainly on computer graphics design placed such high importance on these things called testimonials. Which, considering I’m not exactly the friendly type when it comes to teachers, I am highly unlikely to acquire. Oh well.
Maybe I should actually get back in contact with my contact at A*STAR Exploit Technologies when I did that internship with them, even if it was actually kind of pointless.

Two Letters of Recommendation

Letters of recommendation MUST be from individuals familiar with your academic background and/or work ethic, i.e. an instructor, guidance counselor, or employer. Recommendation letters from family members will not be considered. Each letter MUST be sealed, signed, and dated by the author and must contain a contact phone number. References should explain how long they have known the applicant and in what capacity.

- DigiPen Graduate Admissions Requirements

It’s not enough that they need two testimonials, but their requirements for admission involve me producing a sketchbook, a prospect which terrifies the digital artist in me. I’m not exactly a traditional media guy, and quite frankly, the only media I’ve ever dealt with outside of my Wacoms are basically pencils and watercolour. Granted, that’s all I really need for their sketchbook, but understand that when I say pencil I mean things like mechanical pencils. I’ve very little experience using charcoal, and a tortillion is something that still remains an enigma to me.

I need to go to the store tomorrow.

It must be stressed that I have absolutely no idea what I want to do or where I intend to further my studies, if at all, at this point. I mean, I know DigiPen, the Guildhall, RISD, Full Sail and probably a billion more universities cater to my favoured area of study, but I’m not even sure if I could meet their requirements, and I’m not even sure whether this is what I want to do in the first place.

It may seem a little weird for me to discuss such things, considering this site is basically a digital portfolio, but I’ll explain this sooner or later when I finally finish writing up about the talk I had with my cousin over dinner.

In other news…Armed Assault, Gears of War, Team Fortress 2 and The Witcher have been taking up quite a lot of my time. I had kind of set a resolution for myself not to touch any games and to focus on my current work, but it seems that I’m currently falling behind in my own personal commitments. I really have no self-discipline, as demonstrated during my time studying for my ‘A’-level exams.

And the constant intermittent downpours that are a trademark of December’s arrival aren’t helping either. Honestly, I can’t even go for a run now, because even if I do manage to get my lazy ass out of the chair in front of the LCD screen, five minutes later, you can bet the farm that it’ll start raining again. And I don’t even feel like ordering Pizza Hut or KFC anymore; it’s expensive, sometimes it tastes like crap, and I don’t want a delivery driver getting himself soaked because I was too damn bored to do anything else but feast on junk.

I did sort of anticipate this; I already knew that when I was studying for my exams that I bore easily. Experiencing this first-hand, however, changes things somewhat. I can’t even get myself motivated to paint, to draw, to model, even to UV map, the most mindless of tasks.

It’s unbelievably frustrating, this lack of spirit. So I’m going to post a little WIP of what I’ve been working on for the past few weeks just to keep my sanity intact. A little self-inflation of one’s ego every now and then can’t be that bad, right?

Twin Gusts

Twin Gusts 2

I’m not even going to elaborate on these renders. I’ve gone through the ritual in which I literally explode with excitement about something I’m working on (e.g. Hard Life) and in the end having my dream never coming to fruition really saps the joy right out of your heart. Just know that yes, they are swords, and yes, they can combine to form a much more intimidating piece of equipment.

If you’re thinking that this is a ripoff of the First Tsurugi, first of all, fuck you. Secondly, I loved Advent Children as much as anyone else did, and stealing Tetsuya Nomura’s designs would be kind of a dickish thing to do, considering I really liked the concept of Cloud’s new toy anyway.

Also, if you’re one of those who never touched Final Fantasy VII, ignore the last paragraph.

Let’s just say that I’m not just sitting in front of the PC blowing heads apart all day long.

   

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